Anti-TB activity of Evodia elleryana bark extract

Fitoterapia. 2007 Apr;78(3):250-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2006.12.001. Epub 2007 Feb 3.

Abstract

An ethyl acetate extract of bark from Evodia elleryana produced significant growth inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at concentrations only minimally inhibitory to human T cells. The crude extract yielded 95% inhibition of TB at 50 microg/ml. The crude extract yielded 29% growth inhibition of human T-cells in culture at that concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Evodia*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Bark
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Plant Extracts